US9027220B2 - Rivet setting machine - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates generally to rivet setting, and more particularly to linear displacement sensing within a rivet setting machine.
- a rivet setting machine In accordance with the present invention, a rivet setting machine is provided.
- a linear displacement sensor directly senses and detects a position of a rivet-setting punch relative to a nosepiece of a rivet setting machine.
- a further aspect provides a control system and software instructions for sensing the relative position of a punch and nosepiece used by a programmable controller to determine and monitor a rivet setting position without use of a force sensor, motor current/voltage sensor, or a rotation sensor.
- a method of operating a rivet setting machine is also provided.
- the present rivet setting machine is advantageous over conventional devices.
- the present machine, system and method allow for a much faster rivet setting cycle time due to the less complex sensed values and calculations required.
- the present machine, system and method are advantageously more accurate since a direct linear displacement measurement is employed.
- Another aspect advantageously mounts the linear displacement sensor adjacent to the nosepiece which improves the direct measurement and accuracy by avoiding multiple component tolerance and movement variations; this provides a direct punch position measurement relative to the nosepiece-clamped workpiece when determining and/or varying a rivet head-to-workpiece flushness condition.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a robotic embodiment of a rivet setting machine of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view, taken along line 2 - 2 of FIG. 1 , showing the rivet setting machine;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view, also taken along line 2 - 2 of FIG. 1 , showing the rivet setting machine in a first position;
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view, also taken along lines 2 - 2 of FIG. 1 , showing the rivet setting machine in a second position;
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a hand-held embodiment of the rivet setting machine
- FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic view showing a magnetic linear displacement sensor employed in either embodiment rivet setting machine
- FIGS. 7A-C are a series of cross-sectional, diagrammatic views showing the movement used to set a self-piercing rivet in workpieces, employed with either embodiment rivet setting machine;
- FIG. 8 is a logic flow diagram for software instructions employed in either embodiment rivet setting machine.
- FIG. 9 is an electrical schematic diagram showing an alternate limit switch, linear displacement sensor employed in either embodiment rivet setting machine.
- FIGS. 1-4 illustrate a first embodiment of a rivet setting machine 11 which includes a housing 13 , a C-frame 15 , an actuator 17 , a programmable controller 19 , rivet feeders 21 and 23 , and an automatically moveable and articulated robot 25 .
- C-frame 15 is coupled to an arm of articulated robot 25 through one or more linear slide mechanisms 27 .
- one end of C-frame 15 is mounted to housing 13 , while an opposite end of C-frame 15 retains a die 29 .
- Housing 13 includes one or more outer protective covers.
- Actuator 17 is preferably an electric motor which serves to rotate a set of gears 41 , 43 and 45 of a power transmission 47 .
- the rotation of gear 45 serves to linearly drive a longitudinally elongated spindle 49 toward and away from die 29 through a threaded interface between gear 45 (also known as a nut) and spindle 49 .
- a receiver rod 51 is coupled to a leading end of spindle 49 , which in turn, has a punch rod 53 , also known as a ram, coupled to the leading end thereof.
- punch 53 linearly advances and retracts in the longitudinal direction along with receiver rod 51 and spindle 49 as energized by electric motor actuator 17 .
- a light coiled compression spring 55 and a stronger coiled compression spring 57 serve to advance a nosepiece 61 to clamp sheet metal workpieces 63 and 65 against an upper surface of die 29 .
- Workpieces 63 and 65 are preferably aluminum automotive vehicle panels but may alternately be steel.
- a set of individually fed self-piercing rivets 81 are pneumatically pushed from vibratory bowl feeders 21 and 23 through elongated hoses or other conduits 83 for receipt within a lateral passageway 85 of nosepiece 61 .
- Each self-piercing rivet 81 laterally moves past a pivoting finger 87 which is biased by a compression spring and elastomeric bumper 89 to prevent each rivet 81 from reversing direction after it is held in a fed position aligned with punch 53 , as can be observed in the fed rivet and retracted punch position of FIG. 3 .
- a proximity sensor 91 connected to controller 19 , indicates if a rivet has been received in this fed position.
- the software instructions 93 stored within non-transient RAM, ROM or removable memory of controller 19 , are run within a microprocessor to cause advancing energization of electric motor actuator 17 . Accordingly, punch 53 pushes a head of rivet 81 toward workpieces 63 and 65 , and die 29 .
- a linear displacement sensor 101 is mounted adjacent nosepiece 61 to directly detect and sense the linear position of punch 53 relative to nosepiece 61 .
- This measurement and sensing is done with this single sensor 101 , without additionally requiring sensing through a traditional force detecting load cell, electric motor current and/or voltage sensor, rotary sensing of a remotely located transmission component, or even acceleration sensing.
- the linear displacement sensor 101 is preferably a magnetic length sensor wherein a first sensor sub-component 103 is mounted to an inside cavity or surface of nosepiece 61 while a second sensor sub-component 105 is mounted to an outside cavity or surface of punch 53 .
- sensor or “detector” is intended to include both components 103 and 105 .
- nosepiece as used herein is intended to include one or more assembly components which laterally receive the fed rivets, retain the rivets prior to punch advancement and clamp directly against an upper surface of the workpieces.
- sensor component 103 preferably includes a pair of magneto resistive Wheatstone bridges, generating two phase-shifted signals by a lateral offset, where their pole stripes meet their designed-pole pitch.
- sensor component 105 is a longitudinally elongated magnetic scale which has alternating sections with oppositely directed magnetic fields therebetween. Sliding component 103 along component 105 (such as by advancing or retracting the punch relative to the nosepiece) produces sine and cosine output signals as a function of the position therebetween. Ideally, an air gap between an edge of component 103 and component 105 does not exceed half of the pole pitch.
- Component 103 detects a magnetic radiant field and thus is almost insensitive to homogenous stray fields. Precise displacement values will be archived by using a sine/cosine decoder.
- Sensor component 103 operably transmits an output signal to programmable controller 19 (see FIG. 1 ) indicative of the relative linear location of punch 53 versus nosepiece 61 .
- programmable controller 19 See FIG. 1
- One such magnetic length sensor assembly can be obtained from Measurement Specialties, Inc. of Hampton, Va. It should alternately be appreciated that while component 105 is shown mounted to punch 53 and sensor component 103 is shown mounted to nosepiece 61 , they can be reversed depending upon the packaging room available within the rivet setting machine and the accessibility of connected circuitry.
- An alternate embodiment sensor assembly 101 employs an optical encoder module including a single light-emitting diode (LED) mounted to one portion of nosepiece 61 , and an integrated detector circuit secured to an opposite portion of nosepiece 61 , with a linear code strip moving between the emitter and detector.
- the code strip laterally projects from a side of punch for linear movement therewith.
- the light emitted by LED is culminated into a parallel beam by a single lens located directly over the LED.
- the integrated detector circuit includes multiple sets of photodetectors and signal processing circuitry necessary to produce digital wave forms. As the code strip moves between the emitter and detector, the light beam is interrupted by a pattern of spaces and bars on the code strip.
- the photodiodes detect these interruptions and are arranged in a pattern that corresponds to the count density of the code strip. These detectors are also spaced such that a light period on one pair of detectors corresponds to a dark period on the adjacent pair of photo detectors.
- the photodiode outputs are fed through the signal processing circuitry wherein two comparators receive the signals and produce final outputs sent to the programmable controller indicative of the position of the punch relative to the nosepiece.
- One such optical encoder module can be obtained from Agilent Technologies, Inc. as Model No. HEDS-973x.
- FIG. 9 shows still another and more simplified linear displacement sensor which includes one or more limit switches 111 connected to programmable controller through an electrical circuit 113 .
- Limit switch 111 is mounted to an inside of nosepiece 61 and an arm or pin laterally extending from an outside of punch 53 physically or magnetically opens or closes limit switch sensor 111 ; this causes circuit 113 to transmit the changed output to controller 19 which indicates a relative positional change between the punch and nosepiece.
- limit switch sensor 111 advantageously reduces part costs and is better suited for the lighter weight hand-held embodiment discussed hereinafter, the magnetic length sensor and optical sensors are better suited for the automatic robotic rivet setting machine embodiment to allow for punch setting positional adjustments.
- Two or more different lengths (or alternately, materials or constructions) of self-piercing rivet 81 can be set with the same rivet setting machine 11 depending upon the workpiece thicknesses or joint characteristics desired by the operator. Furthermore, the operator may desire the outer head surface of the rivet to be set in a flush condition with a punch-side planar surface of workpiece 63 , over-flush such that the outer head surface of rivet 81 is below a nominal punch-side planar surface, or an under-flush condition where the head of rivet 81 is slightly proud and protruding from workpiece 63 .
- This desired rivet setting/maximum advanced punch position is independent of the rivet length desired and dependent on the flushness condition desired.
- the present system (either robotically or manually held) allows the user to feed multiple rivet lengths and workpiece material stackup thicknesses (or quantities) into the rivet setting tool, and with one offset program input (for example, a flush setting is desired), be able to set every combination of rivet lengths and workpiece stackups without requiring an individual program or input adjustment for each; as long as a leading end of the punch is even with a leading end of the nosepiece then a good rivet/joint has been set.
- This provides greater flexibility of rivet and workpiece dimensions as well as increasing setting cycle speed and simplifying the machine and software.
- linear displacement sensor 101 is the sole sensing and detection signal used by the controller software to determine if the desired punch position has been reached, and if so, controller 19 will de-energize and then reverse the energization of the electric motor actuators so as to retract punch 53 so that the next rivet can be fed to the nosepiece for the subsequent workpiece joint.
- controller 19 will de-energize and then reverse the energization of the electric motor actuators so as to retract punch 53 so that the next rivet can be fed to the nosepiece for the subsequent workpiece joint.
- no force sensing, electric motor current or voltage sensing, secondary remote sensing, or the like is required for this very quick and direct punch-to-nosepiece linear displacement monitoring.
- the rivet length does not need to be sensed to determine the location of and verify that the setting position has been reached.
- an associated signal will be sent from sensor component 103 to programmable controller 19 such that the software instructions will display a fault message/warning light and optionally shut down the rivet setting machine. If an acceptable joint is set as sensed by sensor component 103 , an acceptable joint message is displayed on an output screen 121 (see FIG. 1 ) of the controller and tracked in memory for historical statistical monitoring.
- self-piercing rivets 81 advantageously pierce their own hole through an otherwise solid surface of workpieces 63 and 65 .
- the die shape causes the leading tubular and hollow, tapered ends of rivet 81 to outwardly diverge away from a longitudinal centerline as they travel through the die-side workpiece 65 .
- self-piercing rivet 81 is prevented from piercing completely through die-side workpiece 65 and thus, prevented from directly contacting die 29 .
- die 29 is always aligned with punch 53 and the workpieces must enter the opening in C-frame 15 between punch 53 and die 29 .
- FIG. 5 shows a hand-held and portable rivet setting machine 301 .
- This hand-held machine 301 has a linearly moving punch 303 , nosepiece 305 , die 307 and C-frame 309 very similar to those of the automated robotic embodiment previously discussed hereinabove.
- a handle 311 is provided on either or both C-frame 309 or housing 313 to allow for the operator to hold this portable rivet setting machine 301 during rivet setting.
- a linear displacement sensor 321 is mounted adjacent nosepiece 305 and operates like that previously discussed hereinabove.
- a trigger or actuation button is pushed by the operator to cause a controller to energize the actuator.
- a programmable controller 323 including input buttons 325 and a display screen 327 , are mounted to an exterior surface of housing 313 .
- a fluid powered piston actuator 331 advances and retracts in a longitudinal direction within a piston chamber 333 .
- a hydraulic or pneumatic reservoir 335 is in fluid communication with fluid chamber 333 through ports 337 in order to move piston 331 , and in turn, receiver rod 339 and punch 303 .
- a fluid pump actuator 341 is positioned within housing 313 for moving the hydraulic or pneumatic fluid and is connected to controller 323 for energization thereof.
- An electric battery 343 is also attached to rivet setting machine 301 . Battery may optionally be rechargeable and/or removable from the machine.
- the direct linear displacement sensing and control logic are ideally suited for the lighter weight and simpler hand-held unit of FIG. 5 since the longer time, more expensive and heavier use of load cell sensors, electric motor resolvers and the like may not be desirable herewith.
- the rivet setting machine power transmission may use pulleys and belts instead of or in addition to the reduction gears disclosed.
- other types of rivets can be set with the rivet sensing machine, control system and linear displacement sensor arrangement, although the many advantages of self-piercing rivets may not be realized.
- some variations may employ electric motor current and/or voltage sensing, and/or transmission rotation sensing, but it is not desired to use such extra sensing functions in the punch and rivet setting location determinations and sensing.
- the rivet and flushness characteristic can be manually entered rather than pre-programmed, although this may delay the process for high quantity riveting situations.
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